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Jeffrey R. Holland

Jeffrey Roy Holland (born December 3, 1940) is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth President of Brigham Young University and is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Holland is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the fourth most senior apostle in the church.

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We must not pull away from our children. We must keep trying, keep reaching, keep praying, keep listening. We must keep them within the clasp of our arms.

Children, Clasp, Listening, Pull, Trying

We should honor the Savior's declaration to "be of good cheer. " (Matthew 14:27) Indeed, it seems to me we may be more guilty of breaking that commandment than almost any other!

Breaking, Cheer, Commandment, Honor, May

The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

Get Well, People, Perfect, Provided

God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities. God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe.

Determination, Dream, Expects, Pray, Prayer, Simply

I testify that one cannot come to full faith in this latter-day work—and thereby find the fullest measure of peace and comfort in these, our times—until he or she embraces the divinity of the Book of Mormon and the Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it testifies.

Jesus, Book, Comfort, Divinity, Christ

You and I won't ever find ourselves on that cross, but we repeatedly find ourselves at the foot of it. And how we act there will speak volumes about what we think of Christ's character and His call for us to be His disciples.

Character, Cross, Feet, Foot, Repeatedly, Thinking

The race we are really in is the race against sin, and surely envy is one of the most universal of those.

Against, Envy, Race, Sin

God seeks for your individual happiness above all other godly concerns.

Concerns, Godly, Happiness, Individual, Individual Happiness, Seeks

Whatever your struggle, my brothers and sisters-mental or emotional or physical or otherwise-do not vote against the preciousness of life by ending it!

Brother, Ending, Life, Struggle

However many chances you think you have missed, however many mistakes you feel you have made,. . . you have not traveled beyond the reach of divine love.

Chance, Chances, Mistake, Think, Thinking, Traveled

If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do.

Done, Expects, Human, Mother, Parent, Trying

The Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion primarily because it is the most extended and definitive witness we have of the Lord Jesus Christ-of our Alpha and Omega, the True Vine, the Bishop and Shepherd of our Soul, he who is the Key Stone, the Chief Cornerstone of the eternal gospel.

Jesus, Book, Keys, Cornerstone, Eternal

Satan is certainly not subtle in his teachings; why should we be? Whether we are instructing our children at home or standing before an audience in church, let us never make our faith difficult to detect.

Children, Difficult, Faith, Home, Satan, Teaching

Don't you quit! You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help & happiness ahead.

Trying, Helping, Quitting, Help, Walking, Happiness

It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ's Atonement shines.

Atonement, Infinite, Light, Shines, Shining

Believe that your faith has everything to do with your romance, because it does.

Inspirational, Spiritual, Believe, Romance, Everything

Envy is a mistake that just keeps on giving. Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune befalls us, but envy requires us to suffer all good fortune that befalls everyone we know! What a bright prospect that is-downing another quart of pickle juice every time anyone around you has a happy moment!

Envy, Giving, Keeps, Mistake, Suffer

There is no convenient Messiah. Salvation comes only through discipline and sacrifice.

Convenient, Discipline, Sacrifice, Salvation

May the joy of our fidelity to the highest and best within us be ours as we keep our love and our marriages, our society and our souls, as pure as they were meant to be.

Fidelity, Joy, Love, Meant, Our Love, Soul

Even if you cannot always see that silver lining on your clouds, God can, for He is the very source of the light you seek. He does love you, and He knows your fears. He hears your prayers. He is your Heavenly Father, and surely He matches with His own the tears His children shed.

Children, Father, Lining, Prayer, See, Silver

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